The New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU, in association with the NYU Humanities Council presented a weekend long symposium

COMEDIES OF FAIR U$E
A Search for Comity in the Intellectual Property Wars
Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30, 2006
Free and open to the public

Friday April 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday 9:30-6:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30-1:00 p.m.
Hemmerdinger Hall
100 Washington Sq. East

FRIDAY, APRIL 28
7:30pm-7:45pm Introductory remarks : Robert Boynton
7:45pm-9:30pm Lawrence Lessig on The Current State of Fair Use with responses by Allan Adler and Hugh Hansen
Siva Vaidhyanathan (moderator)

SATURDAY, APRIL 29
9:30am -10:00am Introductory remarks: Lawrence Weschler
(Note: Lawrence Lessig and Judge Kozinski will comment as the day progresses)

10:00am-11:30am Art
Joy Garnett, Susan Mieselas, Lebbeus Woods,
Art Spiegelman, Carrie McLaren, Joel Wachs
Lawrence Weschler (moderator)

11:45am-1:15pm The Permissions Maze
Geoff Dyer, Susan Bielstein, Allan Adler
James Boyle(moderator)

Break

2:30pm-3:15pm Screening of short films: films from the 826 NYC kids
and the Free Culture remix contest. Comments on the
issues they raise by Leon Friedman and Charles Sims.

3:30pm-4:45pm Documentary Film
Amy Sewell, Pat Aufderheide, Hugh Hansen, Charles Sims
Robert Boynton(moderator)

5:00pm-6:30pm Music
Lawrence Ferrara, Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky),
Hank Shocklee, Claudia Gonson
Kembrew McLeod (moderator)

SUNDAY, APRIL 30
9:30am-9:45am Introductory remarks: Siva Vaidhyanathan

9:45am-11:15am Now Where Are We?
Lewis Hyde, Jonathan Lethem, James Boyle
Siva Vaidhyanathan(moderator)

11:30am-1:00pm W hat Is To Be Done?
Judge Kozinski, Pat Aufderhide, Carrie McLaren
Lawrence Weschler (moderator)

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